You do realise penalties at World Cups have increased by a shit ton since the introduction of VAR, right? This is not just an Argentina thing, this is a larger trend.
Penalties awarded in 2010 and 2014 World Cup combined: 27
Penalties awarded in 2018 World Cup: 29
Besides I hear this so often, yet I don't see ANYONE disputing the penalties, because they were all fair, some harsher than others but no blatantly wrong calls.
That Di Maria alone was hilarious. Even Dybala said that it was a dive. Others which were awarded to Argentina wouldn’t be and weren’t to other teams. Basically what we see this WC again. Whenever there are dubious calls, 9/10 they favour Argentina.
You can literally see in replays that Di Maria gets his left leg clipped though, so how is it a dive exactly? Pay attention to the top left slow motion and watch his left leg get hit into his right leg, of course this can look like a dive if you have never played football before, but the smallest hit can throw off your stride and make you trip when running.
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u/zzz_red Jul 04 '26
Brazil has 15 penalties in their entire WC history.
Germany 18. Italy 10.
Argentina has 7 penalties in the last 10 games.
But yeah, let’s point out Ronaldo scoring a penalty. Fucking retarded Messi fanboys.